The people of the Middle Ages did what the Church told them God required. The sovereign consumers of the modern world 'pick and mix' their own religions. This book offers a comprehensive sociological description of modern changes in religious life
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index
1. Introduction -- 2. The Foundations of Modernity -- 3. The Erosion of the Supernatural -- 4. Structuring Religion -- 5. Religion, Ethnicity, and Social Change -- 6. America and God -- 7. The New Religions of the 1970s -- 8. The New Age -- 9. Conclusion